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<DIV><SPAN class=365412103-20102005><FONT color=#0000ff>Hi
Wim- </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365412103-20102005> <FONT =
color=#0000ff>Do
you know of Christine Anderson, "Voices in Bronze". =
Get hold
of one of her recent videos. She and Danial Kramlich, I believe, =
changed
the face of solo handbell ringing, and with all her glitz and glory, and =
the new
stuff that's being written for the most advanced solo ringers, handbells =
have a
credible argument for being called a musical instrument. It =
sure is
a hard sell, though.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=365412103-20102005><FONT color=#0000ff>les
bartlett</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Wimblees@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 19, 2005 3:09
PM<BR><B>To:</B> caut@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] lack of
support<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial =
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<DIV>As most of you know, I play handbells. Last year I was given a
shop/office that is big enough to set up 3 octave set of handbells. =
For those
of you that are not familiar with this, my shop is so big, that this =
requires
and area of about 20' by 8', and I still have enough room left over =
for my
desk, work benches and cabinets, and to set up a grand piano. But =
never mind
about that. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>With the handbells set up all the time, I had the opportunity to =
practice
a lot, and so I decided to put on a recital at the music school. On =
the
program I played 8 solos, my wife and I played 6 duets, with a =
friend
from church a trio, and I had the Crimson Ringers, the student =
handbell
ensemble which I direct, play 2 pieces.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The recital was last Thursday, and it went very well. We had a =
very
appreciative audience of about 70 people show up. But the audience was =
made up
of people from my church, the community chorus my wife and I sing in, =
and
other people from the community. But as far as I know, there were no =
School of
Music faculty in the audience. I had sent out an invitation to all the =
faculty
and staff, and there were posters all around the building announcing =
the
recital, but not one of them showed up. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I can understand that handbells are not for everyone, and I know =
there
were some faculty members that were out of town or had other =
obligations. But
you would think that out of 40 people, one or two of them would have =
the time
to come and hear the recital. On the one hand I am grateful for the =
people
that did show up, but on the other hand, I am somewhat disappointed =
with the
lack of support from the faculty. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Have any of you had a similar experience?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wim <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>